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Hot projects new to Screenbase include Nicolas Winding Refn feature The Neon Demon, Pope Francis biopic Francisco, Brady Corbet’s directorial debut The Childhood Of A Leader and a new adaptation by Wim Wenders.Nicolas Winding Refn’s The Neon Demon

Elle Fanning, Keanu Reeves, Christina Hendricks, Abbey Lee, Bella Heathcote and Jena Malone have signed on to co-star in Nicolas Winding Refn’s next feature.

“After making Drive and falling madly in love with the electricity of Los Angeles, I knew I had to return to tell the story of The Neon Demon,” Winding Refn said.

Principal photography will begin in Los Angeles on March 30. Gaumont and Wild Bunch are co-selling the title.

Wim Wenders’ Les Beaux Jours D’Aranjuez

This adaptation of the play by Peter Handke was announced by Alfama’s Paulo Branco during the Efm. It will star Reda Kateb and Sophie Semin. Wenders is expected to shoot in June.

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Exclusive: Metrodome International inks deals on action-adventure.

Metrodome International has inked deals on action-adventure The Four Warriors, including a deal with Grindstone Entertainment Group for rights in North America, where Lionsgate Home Entertainment will release.

Deals have also closed with First International Productions for France; Italia Film for the Middle East; Tanweer Enlightenment Corp for Turkey and with Daro Film Distribution for Africa, Albania, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and former Yugoslavia.

All deals were negotiated by Caroline Couret-Delègue of Metrodome International.

Directed by Phil Hawkins (The Last Showing) from a script by Christopher Dane, the film tells the story of four battle-weary Crusaders who embark on a mission to track down the evil predator who has abducted all the men and children from a devastated village.

The ensemble cast includes Game of Thrones’ Kristian Nairn along with Christopher Dane, Fergal Philips, Alex Childs, Hadrian Howard and Glenn Speers.

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Exclusive: Metrodome International inks deals on action-adventure.

Metrodome International has inked deals on action-adventure The Four Warriors, including a deal with Grindstone Entertainment Group for rights in North America, where Lionsgate Home Entertainment will release.

Deals have also closed with First International Productions for France; Italia Film for the Middle East; Tanweer Enlightenment Corp for Turkey and with Daro Film Distribution for Africa, Albania, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and former Yugoslavia.

All deals were negotiated by Caroline Couret-Delègue of Metrodome International.

Directed by Phil Hawkins (The Last Showing) from a script by Christopher Dane, the film tells the story of four battle-weary Crusaders who embark on a mission to track down the evil predator who has abducted all the men and children from a devastated village.

The ensemble cast includes Game of Thrones’ Kristian Nairn along with Christopher Dane, Fergal Philips, Alex Childs, Hadrian Howard and Glenn Speers.

Producers are [link...

Exclusive: Shooting has begun on Crusader action film, with a cast that includes Game of Thrones’ Kristian Nairn, aka Hodor.

Metrodome International is to launch worldwide sales on action adventure The Four Warriors at the American Film Market (Afm) next month.

The film, which began principal photography on Oct 4, is shooting in Hampshire and the South of England with Colin Lloyd making his directorial debut from a script by Christopher Dane.

The ensemble cast includes Kristian Nairn, best known as Hodor in Game of Thrones, along with Christopher Dane, Fergal Philips, Alex Childs, Hadrian Howard and Glenn Speers.

Producers are Alexandra Baranska and Phil Hawkins for Philm Flicks, whose recent credits include the $2m psychological thriller The Last Showing¸ which starred Robert Englund (A Nightmare on Elm Street).

The Four Warriors tells the story of four battle-weary Crusaders, who take on a mission to track down the evil predator who has abducted all the men and children...